Easily one of my favorite photos in my collection, this snap was taken after the three week tour Franklin and Fracture undertook in August of 1994. Our very first. We had just played our final show of the trip in a garage in Virginia Beach and before packing the vehicles to head home, we stopped to grab this shot.
Featuring everyone on the trip save for Chris who was being grouchy (including Rod and the guys from True High Fidelity) it’s one of those great moments that you’re just as happy to have captured at age 20 as age 38 and beyond.
Starting from the lower left hand corner, we’ve got:
Ralph
Greg
Jesse
Mark
Tim
Rod
Jeb
Roy
Staley
Atom
Me
Josh
For folks reading this site who also happen to think Converge rules… for the record, the house at which this show happened was the house of the gentleman who went on to become the bass player of Converge. I’d like to think we inspired their ruling-ness, or perhaps this photo did.
I’m just so fucking thankful Ralph was around to be a black guy in this photo